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Leners Patent No. 73,482, dated January 21, i868.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICE FOR PULLING HOP-POLES.

TO ALL WIIOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES R. 'WO0DWORTH, of the town of Nunda, county of Livingston, in the State of New York, have invented a new and improved Device for Pulling the following is a full and exact description'thereot, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a lever with jaws, which are opened and closed by a, rolling` motion, and are opened bythe heft of the. fulcrum, and closed by the weight of the bars resting on this fulcrum. n

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A, the lever, on which are fastened .the jawsBB, of any convenient shape, by means of the cross-pieces Hop-Poles, the.; and I do hereby declare that i or boxes C C C C, which are bolted to the levers at II H. D D are arms, attached to the shank of the jaws.v

at the end, or any other part thereof. The ends of the arm D D are provided with holes to receive the rods E E, which, with the foot F, form the fnlciuin. One rocl is fastened to the others by a joint, G, so that they can spread and contract in working. A

The operation is as follows: The workman holdsV the instrument clear from the ground, when the weight of the fulcrum, on thc arms D D, rolls the jaws outward, which opens them. I-Ie then places them to the pole and rests the instrument ou the fulcrum,4 which rolls the jaws inward, to grasp the pole. It is loosened from the pole by raising it from the ground.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

The jaws E B, fulcrum F, joint G, rods E E, in combinution'with the handle orlever A, constructed substantially in thc manner herein shown and described. V

JAMES 1t. WOODWORTH.

Witnesses:

LYMAN STILsoN, NELSON Ennwnn. 

